Abstract:
Bacterial strains isolated from Ferula galhanum plant, galbanum gum, surrounding terpene soaked soils, were screened for their ability to transform β-pinene to α-pinene. One bacteria, was found. The morphological characteristics and biochemical reaction results led to the tentative identification of the strain as Micrococcus sp. strain PIN. Based on these results, bacterial strain was chosen for further studies. In order to optimize growth condition of bacterial strain in complex medium, the growing condition i.e., nitrogen source, pH, temperature, aeration rate were optimized. The optimum growth of bacterial strain was at the present (7 g L-1 urea, 30°C, 120 rpm, pH 6.5). The optimum conversion β-pinene to α-pinene was obtained when 7 g L-` urea applied as nitrogen source for bacterial strain.
Page(s):
194-199
DOI:
DOI not available
Published:
Journal: Biotechnology, Volume: 7, Issue: 2, Year: 2008